Groundhog Day FREEBIES

This is a new and improved update of a five-year-old post, but these are still my favourite go-to Groundhog Day activities so I wanted to be sure to share them again.

First we make the "ground". We use stretched-out cotton balls for the snow and a fringed piece of green construction paper for the grass underneath.Then bones, rocks, spiders, ladybugs, etc. are drawn onto the soil with felt pens. And of course we add the poem:

Mr. Groundhog down below

Pops up through the fluffy snow

Wide awake he wants to play

Spring is on its way

HURRAY!!!!!

Then the little paper groundhog is coloured and glued to a craft stick.

Lastly, the ground is glued into a cylindrical shape and we chant the poem while popping the groundhog up and down through the burrow. This is their favourite part!

The other activity we do without fail is this little rebus story. We read the story together a few times (it's great for predicting words that make sense), and then I get the kids to cut and glue the missing pictures (we don't cut out the words). They colour it, then we practice reading the story some more.

I love this! You have been my inspiration for adding a lot more art to our day. Thank you so much. I have to blog about the things we've done so you can see them, but I have to take pics first. You are awesome!

Thanks so much for stopping at my blog and introducing yourself. I also love the pencil topper and the puppet with the ground is also cute. I can see why kids love that. So three dimensional. Come around my blog on Tuesday for a Ground Hog Day surprise and give away. Clar

I LOVE your groundhog activities! I am a student teacher and I have been searching far and wide for the perfect groundhog activity! Now I have it! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hope you dont mind if I mention this (and your blog) when I make this on my blog listed below! Again, thanks.

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